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SCISSORS
Unique ID: NMS-98CC63
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and distorted post-medieval copper alloy handle of a pair of scissors, broken across a rivet hole which would have secured the iron blad of which some traces remain. Very similar to SUR-410AF6.. Extant length 67mm. 17th - 18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014 - Monday 8th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59895
Other reference: DP092014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Salthouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0843
Four figure Latitude: 52.94405745
Four figure longitude: 1.09424519
1:25K map: TG0843
1:10K map: TG04SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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